3214 BROADWAY SEPA 017 - 004 Land Use Decision Documents 2025-04-14

:::: American Property Development,Inc. `��-�APD 110 . 110t'Avenue N.E., Suite 550 Bellevue,Washington 98004 Telephone 425.455.2433 Fax 425.709.7214 access to the 32nd street garage will provide sufficient throat length for commercial development access to a collector roadway. EMC 19.15.080 subsection B states: Vehicular Access; Sites abutting an alley shall be required to gain vehicular access from the alley. . . No driveway access from the public street shall be allowed unless specifically authorized by the planning director. As part of the land use application we have submitted a variance application for design modification to allow parking garage ingress/egress on 32nd street. Site plan sheets A3.1 &A3.3 identifies that 76.4%of our 216 total proposed parking spaces are located subgrade. This illustrates the importance of having two separate garage access locations with 165 of our total 216 parking spaces being provided subgrade. Our garage design will reduce traffic for the shared alleyway and the intersection of 32nd.and Broadway in addition to providing additional building access for tenants and City Departments. We have received staff support for this design in our preliminary discussions and at the pre-application meeting. EMC 19.31A.040 subsection G.5 states:Buildings containing predominantly residential uses shall have pitched roofs. Our project is primarily residential albeit no other existing buildings in the surrounding area have pitched roofs. We have included photos as well as mapped locations to illustrate flat roofs of neighboring/comparable developments and their proximity to the subject site. We have submitted a variance application for design modification approval of a parapet roof design as part of our land use application. Our parapet roof design compliments the requirements of EMC 19.31 A.040 subsection H which states:Massing/Articulation on Street Frontage(s), the intent is to reduce the apparent bulk of buildings by breaking them down into smaller components that are consistent with the scale of Broadway. The EMC makes clear the intent of these requirements which is to provide visual variety along the BMU corridor. Our proposed massing does not exceed what is allowed per code and more closely identifies with existing developments in the BMU zone and surrounding areas. Our proposed development will total 75' above base elevation. The BMU zone maximum building height for habitable space as per EMC 19.31A.030 and Map 31A.1 is 65ft. above base elevation. EMC 19.31A.030 subsection A.2.b allow additional 10 ft. of building 37 - 3 -